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Painkiller: Hell & Damnation

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Painkiller: Hell & Damnation
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation cover
Developers
The Farm 51
Linux Leszek Godlewski
Publishers
2012-2020 Nordic Games
2020-present Deep Silver
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows October 31, 2012
macOS (OS X) May 27, 2014
Linux May 27, 2014
Reception
Metacritic 64
IGDB 57
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres FPS
Themes Horror
Series Painkiller
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Painkiller: Hell & Damnation on IGDB
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Painkiller: Hell & Damnation on Wikipedia
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Painkiller: Hell & Damnation is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person FPS game in the Painkiller series.

General information

Official forums
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Not available in Germany.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.
A free demo can be downloaded from Steam via direct link (allow Steam popup): steam://install/223370.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Collector's Edition DLC 1
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Collector's Edition DLC 2
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
City Critters
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Demonic Vacation at the Blood Sea
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Heaven's Above
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Full Metal Rocket
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Operation "Zombie Bunker"
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
The Clock Strikes Meat Night
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Medieval Horror
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Satan Claus Available for free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Singleplayer Tarot Card Pack Part of Collector's Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Multiplayer Body Skin Pack Part of Collector's Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Digital Extras Part of Collector's Edition.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos and splash screen

Instructions[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\PKHDGame\Movies.
  2. Delete or rename Nordic_Games_Logo.bik, The_Farm_51_logo.bik and UE3_logo.
  3. Afterwards, go to <path-to-game>\PKHDGame\PC\Splash.
  4. Delete or rename Splash.bmp.

Game data

Gameplay settings.
Gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Painkiller Hell and Damnation\PKHDGame\Config\
macOS (OS X) Painkiller Hell & Damnation.app/Contents/Resources/PKHDGame/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Painkiller Hell and Damnation/PKHDGame/Config/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/214870/remote/
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Steam/ACTiVATED/214870/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Disable Framerate Smoothing in settings.[2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

Issues fixed

Performance issues

Fixing Performance[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration files location.
  2. Open PKHDEngine.
  3. Find bSmoothFrameRate=.
  4. Change the value to FALSE.

Audio

General settings.
General settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Up to 7.0
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Compatible with X3DAudio HRTF for binaural HRTF mixing.
The EXE file must be set to Windows XP (Service Pack 3) compatibility mode.[3]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Fan translation. Download.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Split-screen.
LAN play
2 Co-op
Online play
2 Co-op

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Windows server software is available under Tools in the Steam client.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 9600M/320M
ATI Radeon HD 4670
256 MB of VRAM
Intel integrated GPUs are not supported.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04/13.04, Linux Mint 14 & 15
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
256 MB of VRAM


References